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Dan O
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Sat Nov 12, 2005 9:16 pm Post subject:
adding parallel IDE slave with SATA primary |
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Hello,
I recently purchased a new Compaq SR1616NX. It has a Serial ATA HD in it.
I would like to put my old parallel EIDE drive in as a second HD to recover
some needed files then wipe the 2nd drive clean to use as a back-up device.
The Compaq has open bays and the MB has 2 IDE connectors. IDE2 has the
optical drive and IDE1 is vacant.
I am thinking that I can set the parallel drive to slave with jumpers,
connect it to IDE1, verify that the SATA is the boot drive in the BIOS and
be good to go.
Will this work?
Which connector on the ribbon cable should I use.
Any other pitfalls I should be aware of?
Thanks,
Dan |
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Louis
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Sat Nov 12, 2005 10:12 pm Post subject:
Re: Esperienza molto negativa con Elektrovaltenesi |
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el fandi ha scritto:
| Quote: | Salve, purtroppo devo aggiungermi anch'io all'elenco dei truffati. Il
mio numero d'ordine è il 2501, la cifra, versata mediante bonifico
bancario, di 842 Euro. L'ordine l'ho fatto il 3 novembre scorso, appena
pochi giorni prima della chiusura del sito. Che rabbia! Se solo avessi
fatto una ricerca su Google gruppi prima di ordinare! Il fatto è che
prima non avevo mai avuto alcun problema con l'e-commerce.
Spero che esista una tutela per tutti noi, e che sia possibile
un'azione penale verso questi truffatori.
Ciao.
In Un paese normale sì, la legge tutelerebbe il consumatore ma siamo in |
Italia e quindi io suggerisco il fai da te...... ti costa meno e i tempi
sono mooooolto più rapidi. |
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Machine Messiah
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Sun Nov 13, 2005 1:02 am Post subject:
Fun with Compaq Presario 6000 found in trash. |
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I hauled a Compaq Presario 6000 out of a dumpster a couple of weeks ago.
Previous owner, in their haste or aggravation, neglegted to unscrew the
vga connection, they simply broke it off. Half the pins were still on
the monitor cord, the rest in the mother board. Damn, I thought I got
impatient with those things.
Open the case:
No agp slot.
250 watt PSU
1 512 mb stick of ram.
Onboard Audio
Onboard Ethernet
Plug the machine in, turn it on and the mobo posts w/o problem.
I ordered a Saphire Radeon 64 MB pci card and 1 256mb stick pc2100 ram.
Stick that in the machine, turn it on. Press F2 and change the video
from "onboard" to "PCI", after that Windows Xp starts in safe mode.
Previous owner failed to delete any of his old files.
Machine has a 120 gig hd and a 2.5 gig P4 Northwood, 400 FSB.
It's amazing how may pc's we find in the trash where I work, that the
only thing wrong is a Windows problem. People don't seem to realize the
OS is separate from the hardware. Got my self a nice little machine for
a $60 investment.
1 question:
I'd like to replace the power supply and add a second hd. Is it hard to
find a PSU that will fit in this case? I have 2 now that won't work, the
screws don't line up.
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And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the Universe is going to
pieces in a most laudable manner. |
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Alceryes
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Sun Nov 13, 2005 8:17 pm Post subject:
Re: adding parallel IDE slave with SATA primary |
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| Quote: | I am thinking that I can set the parallel drive to slave with jumpers,
connect it to IDE1, verify that the SATA is the boot drive in the BIOS and
be good to go.
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Why jumper it as slave? It's going to be the only device on that chain so it
should be set to master (or cable select) and placed at the end of the
cable. You are correct about the BIOS adjustment though. Even new MB's will
usually try to boot off a master HD on the IDE channel although it's been
booting off a SATA from the factory.
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"I don't cheat to survive. I cheat to LIVE!!"
- Alceryes
"Dan O" <drobrien@prodigy.net> wrote in message
news:5Hndf.8056$Kv.1908@newssvr22.news.prodigy.net...
| Quote: | Hello,
I recently purchased a new Compaq SR1616NX. It has a Serial ATA HD in it.
I would like to put my old parallel EIDE drive in as a second HD to
recover some needed files then wipe the 2nd drive clean to use as a
back-up device.
The Compaq has open bays and the MB has 2 IDE connectors. IDE2 has the
optical drive and IDE1 is vacant.
I am thinking that I can set the parallel drive to slave with jumpers,
connect it to IDE1, verify that the SATA is the boot drive in the BIOS and
be good to go.
Will this work?
Which connector on the ribbon cable should I use.
Any other pitfalls I should be aware of?
Thanks,
Dan
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